skolkommun
English translation: local education authority; municipal school authority
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| 06:22 Mar 24, 2020 |
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|  Selected response from: Michael Ellis United Kingdom Local time: 18:13 | ||||||
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| 3 | local education authority |
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3 hrs confidence: 
school municipality Explanation: If your text is about "bästa skolkommunen" - "the best municipality in terms of support for schools and education". |
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educational area Explanation: Urban school district also Googles well, but may not be rurally adequate, plus eductional area or district seems to capture the school vs. university 'academic flavo(u)r' e.g Schuljahr in DEU means an academic year. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/2077/58025/1/gupea_2077_5802... |
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1 day 4 hrs confidence:
local education authority Explanation: In UK, Local Education Authorities were responsible for schools until 2010, when these duties were partly taken over by Local Authorities, but I think the concept matches the Swedish and will be understood by most English speakers. 'Local Education Agency' may be the US Equivalent Reference: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1158/made https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_education_authority |
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